The Nation Barbara Crossette | September 27, 2010 The choice of Michelle Bachelet, the former president of Chile, to develop and then head a new and potentially powerful United Nations agency for women may well be the most important and smartest appointment Ban Ki-moon makes in his tenure as UN secretary-general. A socialist, a single >> Read more
Resource: speeches given by Ambassador Melanne Verveer and Alonzo Fulgham for the U.S. National Voluntary Presentation at the UN ECOSOC meeting.
Alonzo Fulgham: http://usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/2010/143896.htm Melanne Verveer: http://usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/2010/143895.htm
Funding: CARE
CARE has announced a $1.8 billion pledge to expand its maternal, newborn, and child health programs to more than thirty countries by 2015. The commitment will enable CARE to significantly expand its programs focused on empowering girls and women and gender equity, linking health systems and communities in systems of mutual accountability, and using innovative >> Read more
Event: Join the PRB Discuss Online tomorrow “Gender-Based Violence in the Congo”
When: Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, noon-1 p.m. (EDT) (GMT -4) Who: Dr. Lynn Lawry, study author and Senior Health Stability/Humanitarian Assistance Specialist, International Health Division/Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, U.S. Dept. of Defense. Where: Go to http://discuss.prb.org. You may submit questions in advance and during the discussion.
Multimedia: New on ‘the Girl Effect’
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PUBLICATION: Women and Landed Property in Urban India
This paper examines land tenure in informal urban settlements in India from a gender perspective through field research conducted in Ahmedabad in collaboration with the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). The author describes the formal and informal tenure arrangements that were in place in these settlements and analyses their implications for women. She proceeds to raise >> Read more
Event (DC): What Did the 2010 International AIDS Conference Mean for Women?
Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010 2-4 pm 122 Cannon House Office Building Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Join the Women and Gender Working Group of the Global AIDS Roundtable in conjunction with the Office of Congresswoman Barbara Lee for a review and discussion of the 2010 International AIDS Conference (IAC) in Vienna. Recognizing that women have unique >> Read more
Opinion: “Three Early Moves for Michelle Bachelet’s UN “Start-Up” for Women”
Interesting commentary from Nandini OOmman on the CGD website, see the link below: http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/09/three-early-moves-for-michelle-bachelet%E2%80%99s-un-%E2%80%9Cstart-up%E2%80%9D-for-women.php?utm_source=nl_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_weekly_09202010
News: UN Foundation Commits $400 Million to Support Maternal, Child Health
UN Foundation Commits $400 Million to Support Maternal, Child Health Together with UN agencies and partner organizations, the UN Foundation will seek to address global health priorities, including childhood immunizations, malaria prevention, clean cooking solutions, and access to reproductive health services.... More»
Funding: Call for Proposals for the Fund for Women’s Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS
UNIFEM (part of UN Women), with the generous contribution of the Canadian International Development Agency, today launches a Call for Proposals for the Fund for Women’s Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS. The Fund will provide small, catalytic grants totalling US$700,000 in 2010 to grassroots and community-based organizations or networks in sub-Saharan >> Read more
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